Markets Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/markets/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:07:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png Markets Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/markets/ 32 32 Car finance, compensation & comedy https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/08/07/car-finance-compensation-could-be-worse/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11939 Good afternoon. Interesting news for car finance companies over the weekend as compensation will be far more limited than worst fears.  It is not as if users did not know what they were going to pay for their car loan, so I am all rather cynical of this – as I was with the PPI […]

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]]> Trump tariffs and market wobbles https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/02/04/trump-tariffs-cause-stock-market-wobbles/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:00:24 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11638 We woke to face the reverberations from the threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico by President Trump, amongst others and the EU and possibly the UK next. The markets are wobbling and the Dollar strengthening as it is feared the US will have to raise interest rates to support its policies as well as staving-off […]

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]]> Don’t be a superstitious pigeon when it comes to investing https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/12/20/dont-be-superstitious-pigeons-when-market-trading/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:47:57 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11569 It’s probably fair to say that many of us have ‘superstitions’ that govern our actions, at least on a superficial level and it was demonstrated in pigeons in the last century! For example, this could be wearing a ‘lucky shirt’ on game day for those who play various sports or perhaps weddings, which are rife […]

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]]> Oil prices and energy concerns https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/10/05/oil-prices-rise-how-will-it-affect-us/ Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:39:34 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11423 Good afternoon. Along with Mr Felix Milton, I have just returned from an encouraging and helpful conference with ACFA – I have not been for a few years so it was a good and worthwhile event to recharge batteries. We were reminded of the value of the advice and service which a good financial adviser […]

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]]> Better after the storm https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/11/02/better-for-markets-after-storm/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10917 I hope that your hatches are battened-down adequately against the latest storm bringing wild and wet conditions across much of the UK. Do keep safe. So after a law firm’s review, Nat West shares plunged more on the comments into the shenanigans over the attempted removal of Mr Nigel Farage’s account than the latest quarter’s […]

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]]> Silicon Valley Bank crash – what does it mean for us? https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/03/14/silicon-valley-bank-crash/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:15:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10479 In view of last weekend’s news, I thought I had best issue a swift update on how we see things. At least today the US has announced that core inflation is still dropping – 6% as opposed to 6.4% so that’s good news too. The bad news is the collapse of SVB – Silicon Valley Bank […]

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]]> The science of investment explained https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/11/18/the-science-of-investment-explained/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:56:39 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10340 So US inflation is tidier than expected and the NASDAQ rises by 7.5% on the day (as it is hoped further interest rate rises may not happen and indeed the next may be downwards) and a further 2% the next day. The mainstream market likewise rocketed and the US Dollar fell significantly too.Generally, investors need […]

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]]> May the new Prime Minister bring stable markets https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/10/28/new-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-stable-markets/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:34:57 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10318 Let’s hope we can look forward to a little stability under new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – initial reports at the time of writing on Monday suggested the markets had responded well, Sterling was up and Gilt yields were lower. Time will tell of course and Mr Sunak has a very large task ahead of […]

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]]> It’s not all doom and gloom https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/07/20/its-not-all-doom-and-gloom/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 12:38:17 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10208 The candidates are being whittled-down. Different promises are being made and it is clear they can do ‘something’ on short-term economics too. They don’t seem to realise however that doling out cash benefits doesn’t cut the headline inflation rate as does cutting the taxes on the commodities we buy (which then cuts future inflationary cost […]

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]]> Political shenanigans & stable UK markets https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/07/12/markets-reaction-boris-johnson/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:27:22 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10200 So I grab a week’s trip to visit our daughter in Malta doing a four-week Elective in the Valetta Hospital and I can’t trust you to look after our Prime Minister in that time. I don’t know. The markets and currency have been most resilient – as an ‘uncertainty’ about the possible ongoing uncertainty is […]

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